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Welcome to "From Bitter Waters to Sweet"

As I walked the streets of my small midwest town praying for the people and the churches of the town, the words came to me, "Make bitter waters sweet."Those words made no sense at the time.Surely if those words actually came from God they weren't about me. I, the pastor's wife, had a life that other women in my church envied.Shortly after that, my life fell apart and the bitterness that lurked beneath the surface came to the top.But God did not leave me there. Just as He can make crooked paths straight, raise valleys, and lower mountains, so also could He make bitter waters sweet.This blog contains bits and pieces and large chunks of my ongoing journey from bitter waters to sweet.

When I was a child, we lived in PR for a little while. There, they celebrate 3 Kings day which is January 6. Dec 25-Jan 6 is 12 days.

Biblically, the three kings apparently came sometime after, since the scripture says they came not to "the stable" but to "the house" to visit the mother and child. (Matt 2:11)

Mama (I) was all ready for Christmas with the very quick and easy out of the box 30 inch fiber optic tree with a Nativity scene set up underneath. My college student was the motivator to go chop down a live tree from a local farm and set it up Dec 23.

So, our live tree will stay up, lit, and watered for the 12 days of Christmas and come down while my college age daughter is still around to lend a hand. :)